The 1892 United States elections was held on November 8, electing member to the

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, taking place during the Third Party System. Democrats retained the House and won control of the Presidency and the Senate. Following the election, Democrats controlled the Presidency and a majority in both chambers of Congress for the first time since the 1858 elections. In the Presidential election, Republican Party (United States), Republican President Benjamin Harrison was defeated by former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic President Grover Cleveland. Cleveland won the popular vote by a margin of three percent, but won by a large margin in the electoral college. Populist Party (United States), Populist James B. Weaver also carried five Western states and won a little over eight percent of the vote. At the 1892 Republican National Convention, Harrison fended off a challenge from supporters of former Secretary of State James G. Blaine and Governor William McKinley of Ohio. At the 1892 Democratic National Convention, Cleveland defeated Senator David B. Hill from New York and Governor Horace Boies of Iowa on the first ballot. Harrison had previously defeated Cleveland in 1888 United States presidential election, 1888, and Cleveland's win made him the first President to serve non-consecutive terms. Cleveland's win in the popular vote also made him the second person, after Andrew Jackson, to win the popular vote in three presidential elections. United States congressional apportionment#1881-1900, Reapportionment following the 1890 census added twenty four seats to the United States House of Representatives, House. Republicans picked up several seats in the United States House of Representatives, House, but Democrats continued to command a large majority in the chamber. In the United States Senate, Senate, Democrats made moderate gains to win a majority (including the Democratic Vice President) in the chamber for the first time since the United States Senate elections, 1880, 1880 elections.

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